Getting to work in 2026 is not just about choosing a route. Today, it’s about congested cities with changing traffic flows, struggling public transit systems trying to lure riders back, new information technology that promises more control, and an ever-rising…
In 2025, Louisiana’s public health officials recorded 26 cases of the deadly Vibrio vulnificus, a 4-fold increase over the state’s 10-year rolling average for the same period. Five of those infected died. By the middle of the year 2026, an…
Here’s a figure that, when I started to look into this, really caught me off guard: today, scientists have come to believe that up to 45% of cases of dementia are attributable to “preventable or modifiable risks.” Preventable or modifiable…
If you’ve noticed recall notices when you have bought bagged salad recently, you are not imagining it. The 2026 season has seen the largest recorded series of domestically acquired cases of cyclosporiasis in the US, and most seem to come…
You’ve been checking your bank app three times before noon—still nothing. The money due to arrive today didn’t show up, and the SSA site spits out a date, not the reason. If you have been through this, you know that…
A farm-to-table brewery in a tiny tourist town in Wisconsin isn’t exactly the type of operation most people imagine getting wrapped up in state licensing struggles and federal scrutiny. But the Minocqua Brewing Company license revocation has become just that:…
I spent more than half the week reading through policy fact sheets, congressional research briefs, and documents from the Social Security Administration to learn about Supplemental Security Income: real, valid facts, not the watered-down, 30-second Google search. I realized that…
Flock Safety autonomous police drones are self-starting quadcopters that automatically fly to known events, crime scenes, or alert locations. No officer flies these drones in real time. Flock Safety manufactures them and also makes the license plate cameras used in…
A July NOAA Northern Lights forecast is, in essence, just what NOAA considers the most accurate prediction of whether the skies over your part of the country will have a chance of glowing green tonight, minutes or days in advance.…
Last week, a $1.95 pack of cookies would not typically have ended a career. But that’s precisely what happened to Kurt Kromm. And in 2026, this is one of the strangest workplace disputes to make headlines. I have seen many…
Got your attention? That 2026 Trustees Report says Social Security’s retirement trust fund is expected to be exhausted in late 2032. At that point, all 55 million+ beneficiaries will suffer a 22-28 percent cut in benefits, with no exceptions or…
A few months ago, I entered a 200-word script into a tab in my browser, selected a voice, and watched a talking avatar sing it back to me while I waited for my coffee to cool. No editing software, no…